Proust Questionnaire: Dr. Rahman
Shazia Rahman loves to teach and to learn. She is a postcolonial ecocritic, and she is in the process of publishing her first book while writing her second. Time spent in her office… Continue reading
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Webtoons: My New Literary Obsession!
It is 1:00 in the morning. I am staring at my phone, completely transfixed and seemingly dead-eyed, but my mind is racing. I scroll to the the next panel in the online… Continue reading
Little Free library Restoration: Sigma Tau Delta at Work
Under the cover of twilight on the edge of a damp and chilly evening in February, a group of people snuck onto the sidewalk of an unassuming YMCA carrying tools of all shapes.… Continue reading
Proust Questionnaire with Dr. Roberta Di Carmine.
Proust Questionnaire with Dr. Roberta Di Carmine Dr. Roberta Di Carmine is a professor at Western Illinois University. She has been teaching film at Western for eleven years and is the director… Continue reading
Malpass Library: More than the Stacks
The Malpass library is the beating heart of academia at WIU. Standing tall at the center of campus, the library is so much more than just a building; it’s a home. I have… Continue reading
Proust Questionnaire-Dr. Alisha White
Dr. White is an assistant professor at WIU, based largely in the English Education program. She holds a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, Secondary English Education. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Floating… Continue reading
The Writing Center: My Experience As a “Newbie”
It was an oddly sticky, blazing hot October day out around the WIU Macomb campus. It was a Tuesday, as I recall. I was strutting down the sidewalk in my best clothes, but… Continue reading
The Best Books I’ve Read at WIU
As an English major, and a college student, I read a lot. As my time here at Western Illinois University is ending, I have been reflecting on a few books that I have… Continue reading
Proust Questionnaire: Ellen Poulter
An in-depth look at one of the unsung heroes of the English department.
Thrown to the Wolves: A Hyperbolic Account of an English Education Student’s First Day Teaching
If I counted on both hands how many times I’ve heard people tell me that a student teacher’s first experience in a high school English classroom is like being thrown to a pack… Continue reading